Astronomy in Hawaii under threat?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

making substantive discussion impossible.

If you build write it, they will come.

[HawaiiEV]

Mahalo for your compliance

[TomK]

I think it's best Rob just closes this thread..

The loss of control is a bitch, eh?

Um, do you think I ever had some control of PW? For some reason, you keep going on about a loss of control yet you won't specify what control has been lost. I'm starting to think this is something that has happened to you in the past and are now projecting it onto others.

[TomK]

The latest info is that the House disagrees with the amendments in bill 2024:

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2024&year=2022

I'm told it is normal for the House to disagree with amendments to bills so this is just the start of the process to have discussions about the bill. However, I am a little curious about how the acknowledgment of the disagreement happened in the future (04/18/2022).

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

the disagreement happened in the future (04/18/2022).

If the Hawaii House has access to time travel, they’re screwing this up even worse than I imagined.

[TomK]

For those interested:

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/04/24/u...r-effects/

"UHERO estimates astronomy had a total economic impact (output of goods and services) of $221 million in 2019 while supporting the employment of 1,313 residents. Nearly half of that impact was on Hawaiʻi Island, where astronomy was responsible for $102 million and 611 jobs."

There's more in the article and the full report is here:

https://uhero.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uplo...Update.pdf

[randomq]

Less jobs = more time to protest, grift, and collect benefits.

[kalakoa]

Tourism brings in more money. Why bother with anything else?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

I drove over to Kona side the other day, there are still quite a few mostly empty tarp shacks and abandoned cars at the Mauna Kea Access Road junction. 
Farther up the Mauna Kea from the Access Road however:

Continuing efforts to protect the natural resources on Maunakea, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship recently hosted an event to remove and help control invasive plants around the Maunakea Visitor Information Station as part of an extended Earth Day celebration.

The Mālama Maunakea volunteer weed pulls help control fireweed and other invasive plant species. According to a press release from UH-Hilo, eradicating invasive species and weeds helps reduce habitat for invasive ants, prevents unwanted invasive species from being transported to the upper elevation areas of Maunakea and prepares the surrounding area for future native plant restoration projects.

https://bigislandnow.com/2022/04/25/volu...-maunakea/

Too bad the people protesting the stewardship of Mauna Kea by UH aren't aware of the discrepancy between their message and the reality on the ground.

[kalakoa]

No humans are native to these islands. A faithful restoration would mean leaving the islands uninhabited.